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单词 swathe
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swathe

noun
/sweɪð/
/sweɪð/
(also swath
/swɒθ/
/swɑːθ/
)
(formal)Idioms
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  1. a long piece of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut
    • The combine had cut a swathe around the edge of the field.
    • Development has affected vast swathes of our countryside.
    Extra Examples
    • The war had cut a swathe of destruction across northern France.
    • The Great Plains of the US cover a vast swathe of land.
    • The rainforest forms a swathe of jungle in West Africa.
  2. a large piece or area of something
    • The mountains rose above a swathe of thick cloud.
    • The front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the floor.
  3. Word Originnoun Old English swæth, swathu ‘track, trace’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwad(e) and German Schwade. In Middle English the term denoted a measure of the width of grassland, probably reckoned by a sweep of the mower's scythe.
Idioms
cut a swathe through something
  1. (of a person, fire, etc.) to pass through a particular area destroying a large part of it
    • Building the tunnel would involve cutting a great swathe through the forest.

swathe

verb
/sweɪð/
/sweɪð/
[usually passive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they swathe
/sweɪð/
/sweɪð/
he / she / it swathes
/sweɪðz/
/sweɪðz/
past simple swathed
/sweɪðd/
/sweɪðd/
past participle swathed
/sweɪðd/
/sweɪðd/
-ing form swathing
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/
/ˈsweɪðɪŋ/
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  1. to wrap or cover somebody/something in something
    • (be) swathed in something He was lying on the hospital bed, swathed in bandages.
    • The village was swathed in early morning mist.
    Word Originverb late Old English swath- (noun), swathian (verb); compare with swaddle.
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